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H. H. BAILEY. APPARATUS FOR-FEEDING HYDROGARBON OR OTHER OILS (No Model.)

IN TO STOVES, FURNACES, &c. No. 505,871.

Patented 0ct.-393.

Tniss NiTEE AP ARATUS Foil FEEDINCHYDROCARBQN on; one one lemme, FURNACSSfhc.

snzsoinzoarionr forming part of Letters manure. 505,811, dated. was s, was.

Application filed June 12,1590.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HORACE HENRY BAILEY, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Ottawa, in the county of Carleton, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, a subject of the Queen of Great Britaimhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Feeding Hydrocarbon or other Oils into Stoves, Fireplaces, Furnaces, Retorts, &'c., for Heating and Lighting Purposes,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descripnon.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part, of this specification, in which similar letters and numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is an elevation, partly sectional, of a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 1s a like view from a dilferent point of posi tion,-showing thesysiem of oil and water pipes in a part of a building, the said .oil and water pipes being similar to the ordinary we. tea or gas pipes used in the usual house We ter supply or gas lighting systems, and hav ing the like conuections'and accessory valves,

joints, elbows and pipes.

The object of my invention is to feed orforce hydrocarbon or other oils into a stove, fireplace, grate, furnace, or retort, so as to overcome the-defects heretofore encountered in attempting'to feed oilby gravitation, suction, or pumping. V

Heretofore when the water and oilsuch as crude petroleum or other like substances have been burned together forheeting and light-- mg purposes, too rnuchback pressure iron; the retort, or; piano oi combustion back upon the-reservoir through the'ieed of the oil, has been encountered, and'toc stijong odors have arisemwhieh together'wiih other well known.

disadva ntagegincidentto these cohtrivanoesQ. have rendere them extremely objectionable. Iu my invention the attempt is made to overcome every objection to the use of hydrocan bon on other oils in this connection for heat? ing and lighting purposes; 'ciall'y useful as rendering the combustion of hydrocarbon or other oils with water as a substitute in heating and lighting, for coal or other fuel.

My inveutionds equally adapted. for heat-,

andis more espeseas mansion. on niodeiJ' ing and lighting on board oi. steamships or dwellings and other buildings and the construction shown prevents the escape of odors back upon the reservoir through the feed, as well as removing all, the other objectionable features in analogous apparatus which have been found to be defective.

In'using my invention no odors escape into any room or compartment which is desired to be either heated or lighted or both; nor does any odpr arise or evaporation take place from the stored oil should the character of the building, the rooms, or the compartments desired to be either heated or lighted require leum or other'such oil as for instance in a steamship or other vessel equipped with my apparatl'is, or in case it is desirable to apply the apparatus to heating and lightin'ga city 'or town, in which case it might be deemed expedient to store enough oil to last for some time. It will be observed, that the oil is always closely covered so asto prohibit the nccess thereto of air as the oil is continually, from the time of its being placed in the resei-voir to during its how to the place Where it is consumed iiyjcoinbuetion in the retort or burner, inclesejd-infais tight receptacles; first in the storage. is? reservoir and pressure tanks,- andr, seco nd, in? the pipes hewhen pumps have been employed to force the oil* to the retortor burner, it having been oil on the valves and plu'nger's oiihese pumps and mechanicalfchanges iii the-'iiiatei-ial of the parts of such pumps, thereby rendering them useless after a certain period of time,

or layers of thickened oil and sediment. about as well as the back pressure from the burner,

the storage of a. quantity of the crude petrotween the reservoir and. tan'hse'nd the retorts as, has happened 'inithose constructions fonnd in such devices that theactipu of the v has been such as to produceeert'aih chemical KOO as well as to effect thedeposition of particles the valves, plung'ers and like fixtures of such pumps whereby has arisen much detriment to their usefulness for this purpose of pumping oil. In like manner the feeding pressure for the oil to the retort or burner does not depend upon plaeingthe oil supply reservoir at a higher level than the retort or burner or the place of combustion, or upon a gravity feed pressure as it has been found that no ppficient degree or strength of such pressure can in this mannerbe produced as the action of gravity simply, is not enough to overcome the back pressure from the retort or burner. By the arrangement of my apparatus 1 obtain a hydraulic feeding pressure in the tanks oreylinders and this is much greater than the back pressure from the retort or burner can possbly be.

This .reservoir preferably should not be located below the pressure tanks A, A, as otherwise it will be necessary to raise the oil in the reservoir by causing water to flow in to the reservoir by means of a pump or other equivalent device such as the corporation water pressure in a city or town,or bythe displace ment pressure of the hull of a ship where practicable, or by a hydraulic ram or by the water of astream running from a higher to a lower level, the same being done to raise the oil in the reservoir to the required higher level as such oil floats on the water since its specific gravity is less than that of the water. The object of the oil being raised to the higher level just mentioned is to allow of its being drawn in to the pressure tanks, A, A, as 'will be hereinafter more clearly set forth.

The outlet pipe, H, from reservoir, B, should extend to near its bottom it it is on a level or higher than the pressure tanks, A,'A", leaving a distance of level between the attachmerit of the pipe to the reservoir and the bottom or lowest level of the reservoir so that a layer of water of that thickness may always be in place at the bottom of the reservoir to receive any dirt, sand or other settlings or impurities which are drawn otf with the water, when it is emptied from the reservoirpreparatory to refilling it with oil. It is to be observed that by this arrangementthe reservoir, B, is never completely filled with oil and it is also to be remembered that the oil should never be completely. drawn fromthe upper level or top of the same. l t) is a water pipe connected with a Water system one force pump by or from which the ,tanks, A, A.

pressure in the tanks, A, A, is attained and water. supplied to reservoir, 13, when it is dosirable to do so, as hereinbeiore explained.

E, is a small oil conduit or pipe connecting the tanks at the top and having a T-shaped connection and a single pipe leading off to any desired place. Said pipe, E, may have as many branches as there are fires to feed, for the purpose of conveying oil toany stove or stoves, fireplace, grate, retort or retorts, furnace or furnaces, some of which may be 10- eated in the top of a building and others in the basement or an adjoining building, or if the apparatus'bc set up to supply a city or town this pipe, E, may be laid in the street as a main, allowing the'branches to extend to the different parts of the city or town. The Oil being underahigh pressure is forced through the pipe, E, and its branches if any are tached to it, to any required distance. D, is a small water main pipe connecting the bottom of the tanks, A, A, and having similar.

connections to pipe, E, for the purpose of conveying water to any stove, furnace, fireplace, grate, retort, &c.,'the water being under the same high pressure as the oil and is forced through the pipes any distance or elevation required, the same as the oil is also forced.

i is a safety overflow valve of any well known construction for regulating the press urc in tanks, A, A, and consequently in the oil and water feed pipes, E, D.

' G, G, are Waste pipes leading from the bottom of the tanks, A, A, and reservoir, B, to the sewer or nndcrdrain or other out of the way place. The pipe, H, leads from the oil well or reservoir, B, to the tops of the tanks,

A, A, for the pu pose of filling said pressure K, K, K, are gage glas'ses for the purpose of distinguishing at sight the quantity of oil and water'in the tanks, ,A, A. All of said pipes are suitably provided with valves for regulating the flow through the system and for the purpose of controlling the oil and water as hereinafter set forth.-

The operation of my invention is as follows: First, letting it be supposed that the tanks, A, A, and the reservoir or supply, B, are, full of oil of any kind, suitable for the object for which my invention is intended above the water at the bottoms of the same, and that'all the valves are closed, valve 7 in pipe, E, is opened and thereby a free passage made through which the oil may flow from the top or highest level of the tank,A, through pipe,

E, and all of its'branches or any of them to 2o essary for tank, A, and pipe, D.

\ 3 5 ough the gage glasses, K,

' 505,371 I I a being understood that the ramifications of the corporation water system in cities or towns may be substituted for the branches of the pipe,'D, when it is convenient to do so. The 5 water is thus allowed a free passage through the valve, 5, and its necessary pipe any distance to a feed valve located in this pipe at any convenient point near any stove, grate, fireplace, retort or furnace, or other contrivl0 auce suitable to this combustion or generation of gas. Valve 3,-tl1e same being a wator supply valve -is then opened and the hydraulic pressure in pipe, 0, is then at once applied to tank, A, and the water, and oil pipes, D, E, which pressure acts to force the flow of oil through pipe, E, and the flow of water through the pipe, D, to place of combustion or use, such water or pressure from pipe, C, supplying, the volume of water neo- These said valvcs,'7, 5 and 3, having thus been opened in the relative order in point of time successively as set forth, may all remain open until ,the Whole of the oil at first contained in the tank, A, has been forced out and consumed by the combustion with the water or generated into gas as setforth. The progress of this emptying of the oil upward and out of the tank, A, through the oil feed pipe, E,

0 and the relative rise and hydraulic effect of the Water which, coming in at the bottom "of, the tank, A, through the water supply pipe, 0, is acting to force the oil out upward through the oil feed pipe; may be readily seen K,of the tank, A. When the oil is-nearl y all consumed by combustion or converted into gas as set forth, and the water consequently rises in the tank, A, to a level near the top of this tank, as the 40 gage glass will admit of being readily seen, the valves 3, 5, and 7, are closed and the valves 6, and 8, opened, thereby transferring the pressure and-consequently the oil and water feed to tank, A, exactly and in like manner as 5 the same pressure and its resultants had previously operated in tank, A, and without in any manner interfering with the continuous and steady feed to the place of combustion as set forth. While the tank, A, is thus supplying the place of the tank, A, relatively to the results required, the latter tank may be refilled with oil; or this tank, filled with oil at any othcrvtime as it is inde' ,9, valves 12 and 13 being open when reservoir, B, is full of oil thereby making a clear" conduit from reservoir, B, to tank, A, and then opening the valve 1'. under-the tankTA', the water in this tank will immediately seek to fall to a lower'level in the-tank by passing out through the outlet pipe, G, at the'bottom of the tank, A. Themeightof the Water in the tank thus seeking an outlet, by its weight 4 will cause the oil to fiow into the tank, A,- from the tank, If. (in aeorresponding mannor the tank, A, maybe also speedily and completely filled wheniit is emptied of the oil A, may be re pendent of the tank, A. By opening the valve,

as it is fed. to the place and point of oornbustion.) \Yhen the water has nearly all run out of the tank, A, as will be indicated by its highest level disappearing below the lowest pointof the lower gage glass, the valve, 1, is to be closed as well as the valve, 9. While the water is falling in the tank, A,its action creates a vacuum which is speedily filled by the oil running in from the tank, B, through the feed or filling pipe, ii. I As a matter of fact, no perceptible vacuum occurs as formed by the receding or lowering of thewvater in the tank, A, the oil flowing freely in, followshard upon the water as it is in the act of recoding from the tank, A, through the pipe, G. 50 soon therefore, as the water will have suliiciently receded in this tank, A, and the valves, 1, and 9, will have been closed atfor the tank is sutiiciently emptied of water and is consequently filled full euough'with oil from the tank, I), the hydraulic pressure exerted through the pipe, C, may be again applied and the tank, A, is again ready to feed oil to the fire in the retort or other construction for its combustion as above shown.

In like manneralso the tank, A, is to be treated when empty.

Should it be desirable to feed from both tanks, A, A, at the se ne time and these tanks have thereby become empty at the same time, they may be refilled simultaneously or alternately as may be deemed expedient. \Vhen it is intended to feed from both tanks, A, A", at the same time, let it besupposcd that both these tau ks are full of oil and all of the valves closed, and then let the valves, 7 and 8, be opened. conduit, between the tanks, A, A, atithe top and through the oil feed pipe, E, and its branches, should the pipe, E, be arranged with branches, which free passage or conduit for the oil will thus be extended to reach to the feed valves located in the pipe, E, or the branches thereof, at the stove, furnace, (be. The valves, 5 and 6, are next to be opened to leave a free'passage for water between the tanks, A, A, at the bottom or lowest level of these tanks which free passage for the water will thus be extended to reach through the water pipe, D, and its branches, if any are arranged, as complements to the ramificatines st oil pipe, E, to the feed valve or valves located in "the pipe, D, or its branches, at or the combustion point-the stoves, furnaces, retorts,&c.,assetforth. The valve 3 is lastly to be opened and the water or hythrongh pipe,0, which represents the corporation water works system or its equivalent, and the larger space than the diameter or caliber of this pipe, 0, as represented in ,the tanks, A, A, upon the oil to be thus fed through the pipe, D, to the fire; and this bydraulic pressure may remain continually act.-

In this manner a free passage or oil iZO draulic pressure to be allowed to be exerted T log upon the contents of these tanks it 116 sired.

To fill tank A, when both tanks are in use set forth.

and thewater and oil at the same level in both; close valves, 5 and 7, thereby cutting off all connection between tanks A, and A, and proceed to till tank, A, as hereinbefore When tank, A, is full of oil and valves, 1 and 9, closed, transfer-the feed and the pressure from tank, A, to tank A, by

first closing valves, 6 and 8, thereby cutting olt entirely tank, A, and immediately open valves, 5 and 7, and the pressure and feed goes on asbeforc.

'lo fill the tank, A, first open valve, 10, leaving a clear oil conduit from reservoir, (valves 12 and 13 being open when reservoir, B, is full of oil) to tank, A. Then open valve 2 under the tank, A, and allow the water and all sand, or sediment which may have been in the oil and have settled-through the water to run away leaving the tank clean. When the water has fallen to the bottom of the gage glass, close valve 2 and valve 10, and open valves, 6 and 8,-and the feed goes -pn equally from both tanks and requires no further attention whatever until the oil is al consumed.

It is observable that the pipe, H,'leading from the tank, B, is arranged with such connections that the oil maybe drawn from the i top or highest level of the said tank,-as well as from a lower level, the valves, 12and 13, being introduced into this pipe, H, for the purpose of assisting the taking of the oil from thejfllower or the higher level.

Valve 15 is also arranged to assist the filling of this reservoir or storage tank, B, with oil. 'It is observable also that an overflow or safety valve,

the resistance of the tanks, A, A.

F, is arranged in the water pressure pipe, 0, forthe purpose of preventing too great a hydraulic pressure from the corporation water system or a force pumpor other equivalent, the resultant of which might be too great for Bythis construction above shown, also, should the apparatns embodying my invention be used in any place where no corporation water works systeni exists, then and in that case a simple water force pump can be used to fill the tanks and thus apply the hydraulic pressure to the oil in them, and the water discharged from these tanks as above explained mayt'be gatheredinto a well or cistern to be used over again. The refilling of the tanks takes up only a few minutes of the operatives t me by this apparatus, and there are no pumps, valves, or other devices or accessories to get Out oforder and the invention will doits work automatically without any other attention than such as,'is'requi red to regulate the filling of the tanks; neither is any spccial skill nor experience required to he possessed by the operative to insure perfeyF prk from my apparatus. I

Having thus fully describe. I claim as new and desireto sepure byLetters Patent-- 7 I In an apparatus for feeding hydro-carbon hits into stoves the combination of-a series of pressure cylinders A, A, an oil reservoir B, elevated above the pressu re cylinders A, A, a feed "pipe H, connecting, the oil reservo r B and pressure cylinders A, A, a water main 0,

invention,

a pipe 0' in connection with the water main and entering each of the cylinders A,A', at

or near the bottom, said pipe 0, adapted to supply water to the said cylinders at a high pressure to force the oil upward therein, a ,pipe E, entering said cylinders at or near the top thereof and connecting said cylinders HORACEAH. BAILEY.

Witnesses:

H. H. Hoasnv,

J 01m Galsr. 

